What Is an Alexa-Enabled Product?

Alexa Enabled is a category of products with built-in access to Alexa. You can talk to the device with the wake word “Alexa,” and receive voice responses and content instantly. Alexa-enabled products work with Alexa skills and Alexa compatible smart home devices and gadgets, bringing familiar capabilities from the Amazon Echo family of devices to a range of new form factors and use cases developed by leading brands.

Why Alexa Voice Service?

The Alexa Voice Service (AVS) enables you to access cloud-based Alexa capabilities with the support of AVS APIs, hardware kits, software tools, and documentation. We simplify building voice-forward products by handling complex speech recognition and natural language understanding in the cloud, reducing your development costs and accelerating your time to market. Best of all, regular Alexa updates bring new features to your product and add support for a growing assortment of compatible smart home devices. Build with AVS, and become part of the Alexa family.

What's New?

Alexa Auto Software Development KitNow Available

We’re excited to announce the Alexa Auto SDK, which makes it easier than ever for automotive developers to integrate Alexa into in-vehicle infotainment systems. Available today on GitHub, the SDK adds automotive-specific functionality and contextualizes the Alexa experience for the vehicle.

AVS offers regional language models and services, making it easy for you to enable localized experiences with Alexa. Device makers will soon be able to launch Alexa-enabled products in Mexico with access to Spanish voice responses, cloud-based services, and Alexa skills. Commercial device makers can request early access to the invite-only developer preview now.

Testing your Alexa-enabled product in a variety of scenarios will help ensure that you bring a delightful hands-free Alexa experience to your customers. In this post, we cover the minimum requirements for building a self-test environment.